Hill-climbing and antiskidding device for automobiles.



C. R. LORD.

HILL CLIMBING AND ANTISKIDDING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I5, I9I8. PatentedAug. 6 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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C. R. LORD.

' HILL CLIMBING AND ANTISKIDDING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATIN FILED FEB. I5, 1915;

' Patented Aug 6, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

- To all whom z't may concern.'

AEE T oFFI cIIEs'rEE E. LoED, or MINERAL CITY, oHIo.

HILL-GLIMBING AND AN'rIsxIDDING DEvIcE Eon AUTOMOBILES.

Be it known that'I, CHESTER E.. LORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mineral City, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and'useful Hill-Climbing and Antiskdding Device for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

rIfhis invention relates to hill climbing and anti-skidding device for automobiles and has for its object to provide a device of this character that is permanently connected to -said automobile wheels and can be thrown into and out of operation at the' will of the driver of a car by simply operating a lever adjacent the drivers seat.

Another object is toconstruct an attachment for the rear wheels of automobiles which ,v can be yinstantly operated by the driver of the automobile to bring the road engaging points into extended position to increase traction in driving the car on steep f grades.

Another object is to provide such a device which leliminates the hard. usage and extraordinary wear which the rear tires of an automobile receive when equipped ,withchains or similar well known devices.

With these objects in lview the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly, pointed out in the ap- -pended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, 'size and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of theA appended claims, without departing from thehspirit or sacriticing any of the advantages @if the invention.

in the' drawings: 4 Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile. shown in dotted lines with my' hill climbing and anti-slridding device shown thereon in full lines in the position which it will assume applied tol an automobile. 1

Fig.' 2 is a plan view of -an automobile shown in dotted lines with my device attached thereto shown in full lines and disclosing the toggle arrangement'for operating the same. i i V Fig. 3 is a side elevation lookmg from theinside' of a bottom Jragment of a rear wheel of an automobile showing a number of the lever pawls and road-engaging points Speeication of Letters Patent.

:for actuating the lever pawlsand-road-engaging points and moved to swing said engagi-ng points into operative position.

PatentedA Aug. 6, 1918. Application led'February 15, 1918. Serial No. 217,483.

Similar 4numerals of reference indicate corresponding 'parts throughout the several figures of the drawings. y

1 indicates an automobile wheel of ordinary construction,l s'uch as is used upon 'the rim 2 and tire 4, and 5 indicates the rear axle of an automobile or more speciically thev axle housing. Mounted upon the said housing in any suitable manner and equally spaced at either l side' of the differential' casing are lugs '6 which are designed to form guides for slidinof rods 7, the opposite or outside ends of eac of said rodsbeing rear of automobiles, carrying the usual tire I mounted to slide within U-shaped members 8 clearly shown in Fig. 5. Pivotally conrod 11 extending 'beneath its pivotal point being pivotally connected to the Aforward end vof the rod 10.. rlhe Whole arrangement of the rods 9 and 10 is designed toform a toggle which' through the connection with the rods 7 will cause the' said rods 7 to move longitudinally withrespect to the rear axle when the lever 11 is moved'from front to rear position or vice-versa. Secured to theoutside ends ofeach ofthe sliding rods 7 is an up-standing arm l5 slid'ably mounted upon horizontal pins secured within the U- shaped members 8 which thus keep the arms 15l in upright position as shown in Fig. 5.

Referring now to Figs. 3, 4 and 5, an annular ring 16 is secured by screws, bolts 18 having laterally projecting tail portions flange portion 17.

or other suitable means to the inner side .of the felly of each of the rear wheels and projecting outwardly and spaced from the tire and rim of the wheel is a Harige portion 1.7 integral with the ring 16, and as shown a plurality of road-engaging points 19 are pivot-ed upon pins 20 secured in equidistantly spaced threaded apertures in the Formed integral with the road-engaging points 18 and upon the side thereof opposite the flange 17 is a pointed tooth-21. A second series of pins 22 threaded-:aiuto apertures in the Harige 17 T carry pivoted lever pawls 24, which are rounded at one end and engage the tail portions lll and have a substantially flattened .C i

ill occupy a plane nearer the longitudinalv f center line ot' the automobile than the pawls 24 and the members 18.

Especial attention is now called to Fig. in which the arm is moved to the limit of its outward movement, that is, to the plane to engage with its upper end the pawl levers 24. This positioning of the arm 15 will be done by releasing the pawl 12 upon the lever 11 from the rear notch in the segment 14 Fig. 1, and nmving the said lever forwardly until the pawl 12 engages the forward notch upon the segment. This will cause the rod l() to be moved rearwardly and to force the arm 9 to spread thus thrusting the sliding rods 7 outwardly. In this position the arm 15 will Contact with the lever pawls 24 and swing them upon their pivot pins into the position shown in Fig. 4, in which posit-ion the arm 15 will ride over the flattened faces upon the lever pawls leaving them in the position shown, It will be obvious that the engagement of the rounded ends of the lever pawls with the tail portions 19 of the roadengaging points 1,8 will cause the said roadengaging points to swing upon the pivot pins 2li-and to assume the position shown in 4. In this position the pointed ends of the fingers project slightly behind the periphery of the tire and will thus engage the roadway as the wheel rotates. The pins form stops to prevent further movement of the road-engaging points than that given them by the lever pawls and since the pawls 24 will be held in this position by contact, at each revolution, with the arm 15, the engaging points will remain extended until at their other ends. In Figs. 2 and 3 the lever 11 is moved back into the position shown in Fig. 1. When the operator desires to withdrawthe engaging points, 18 he brings the lever 11 to its rearward position which causes the rods 7 through the toggle to be Withdrawn positioning the arm 15 in a plane to engage the teeth 21.

Attention is now called to Fig. 3 which shows the pawls 24 and the road-engaging points 18 moved into the position which they assume when the teeth 21 engage the end of the arm 15. i It will be seen'that the pawls are now in engagement with the stop-pins 26 thus preventing any further movement than that given them by the tail portions 19 and since the teeth 21 engage at each revolution the end of the arm 15, the parts will remain so positioned until the lever is again moved.

F rom' the foregoing description it will be obvious thatV the operator of a vehicle,

equipped with my device can instantly bring the road engaging points into extended position when he feels the car begin to skid. Also upon approaching a steep grade when the roadway is slippery with water or ice the lever can be thrown to extend the road engagi'ng points to assist the rear wheels in forcing the car up the hill.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described vcomprising a ring secured to each of the rear wheels of an automobile, a plurality of' road engaging points pivoted upon said ring, a plurality of lever pawls pivoted upon said ring and equal in number to said road engaging points, a movable arm adjacent each of the said rear wheels and means for sliding said movable arm into alinement with said lever pawls t rock them upon their pivots to bring the said road engaging points into position to engage the roadway.

3. In an anti-skid attachment for therear wheels of automobiles, a ring .carried by each of said wheels, a plurality of road engaging points pivoted upon each of said rings, a plurality of lever pawls equal in number to said road engaging points and pivoted upon each of said rings, said mov! able arms being slidably mounted upon the Lemme reef Iaxle: of the automobile and'means for moving said movable armsinto and out of alinement with said leverpewls.

V 4. In a deviceof the character described,'" o ring Secured to each of the. rear Wheels of an automobile, a plurality of road engaging pointe pivoted upon each of said rmgs, a plurality of lever paWlS pivoted to each of seid rings 'and equal innmnber "to the seid road engaging'points and adapted to rook seid road engaging points upon their pivots to bring them into position to engage 'the roadway, an off-set tooth upon ea'oh of said road engaging points, each of said oi'-Set teeth being disposed in a horizontal pla-ne out of elinement with said roa engagin points and lever pawls, a movable arm sli ably mounted adjacent each of Seid Wheels en means for moving movable anni into elinement with said lever pawis and to engage seid lever pavvls as the wheels rotate and to cause said lever pewls io swing upon their pivots and to rook the rom-l engaging points into position to engage the roadway and means for' moving seid movable arms out of alinement vWit-li sai lever pawie and yinto alineirnenc with the teeth upon said Toad `engaging points and o engage sani teeth to swing the road engagin points out of poszion to engage the ma wey.

n testimony that claim the above, have hereunto subscribed, my name.

CHESTER R. Leno. 

